At IIT Hyderabad, the department of CSE got an average CTC of 26.6 LPA in 2019 campus placement, while the highest CTC offered was 47 LPA. Companies like Adobe, Amazon, Microsoft, and Airtel hired CSE students. IIT Hyderabad being among the top 10 IITs in India, excels in placements and the students receive good packages in top MNCs.

On the other hand, IIT Bhubaneswar has 100% placements for the CSE department in 2019 campus placement. A total of 89 companies visited the campus namely Capgemini, Dell, Honeywell, Microsoft, Accenture, etc. The students of the CSE department received a handsome package of 10-35 LPA.

Hyderabad is better than other new IITs and the placements and other facilities at IIT Hyderabad is much better than IIT Bhubaneswar, so CSE at IIT Hyderabad would be the better choice.

IIT Gandhinagar is ranked at 20th place in the engineering department by India Today in the year 2017. The qualification criteria for B.Tech course is 10+2 with 75% and a score in JEE Advance. The student intake is 180 every year for the department of the computer science department. The median salary during the academic year 2017 was 7.75 lakh p.a. With the bachelor program in computer science, the institute aims to promote critical thinking and it has recognized strength in algorithms and theoretical computer science, cryptography, data mining, machine learning and is committed to developing in other regions of computing.

On the other hand, India Today positioned IIT Bhubaneswar at 9th place in the engineering department in the year 2019. The eligibility criteria of IIT Bhubaneswar are similar to that of IIT Gandhinagar. The institute offers B.Tech in computer science with a student strength of 40 in the discipline. The overall placement of the institute is 90%, and 100% in the computer science department which is far better than that of IIT Gandhinagar. The highest and average salary offered in 2019 was 39 lakh and 11.44 lakh p.a. respectively. The program is outlined such that it donate a solid foundation of theoretical and practical knowledge in the stream. The students are exposed to application-oriented and fundamental research activities at different stages of their studies at IIT Bhubaneswar.

Drawing a conclusion, IIT Bhubaneswar is better when compared to IIT Gandhinagar, as it has a better placement record and it is ranked in the top 10 institutes in the engineering department by India Today. IIT Bhubaneswar has tuition fees around 2 lakhs p.a. whereas at IIT Gandhinagar the students will have to pay a tuition fee of 2,60,000 p.a.

The placement scenario for a dual degree in civil engineering is different from other branches in IIT Bhubaneswar. Nowadays, students of civil engineering prefer non-core jobs over core jobs. The reason being higher initial pay in non-core jobs and the unavailability of core job in civil engineering. But for civil engineering in an IIT, a lot of students prefer dual degree courses over BTech. The advantage of a dual degree student is that one gets the opportunity to work on a project in 2nd year holidays, and intern in the 3rd year and 4th year. In 3rd year, the BTech student changes from BTech to Dual degree student.

The placements for civil engineering students’ weather in the dual degrees or in B.Tech are not up to the expectations, whether you graduate from IIT-Bhubaneswar or any other IIT. This is the reason why most of the students indulge in coding and switch to non-core companies. Few students go for their own start-up, while some opt for pursuing a Ph.D. and some go for PSUs. Although a handful of big firms such as L&T constructions, Marvel Realtors, etc. come to campus for recruitment. A student must have good practical knowledge and experience. These firms mostly go for experience (unlike other branches). They hire students as trainees and once the students have completed the tenure as trainees while gaining experience simultaneously, their pay increases satisfactorily and exponentially. The average package is about 7-9 lakhs (approximately). The percentage of students from civil engineering getting placed in core companies is less than the students from other core branches (changes year to year). But overall, the placements for Civil Engineering are not as good as other core branches in most of the IITs and it’s the same for IIT Bhubaneswar.

IIT & NIT are different in a number of ways and judging on the placement figures, one should not make any decisions. Although old NITs may offer better placement as compared to the IIT Bhubaneswar, there are few factors that make IIT Bhubaneswar a worthy choice. IITs have a brand value that is globally recognized however NITs as a brand don’t offer the same. They demand higher cut off marks during selection as compared to NITs. This results in a better quality of students and in turn better placements.

IITs offer better engineering faculties, however being a new IIT, it still does not have the required number of faculty members. IIT Bhubaneswar collaborates with esteemed institutions like ISRO, DRDO, BARC, etc. Students of IIT Bhubaneswar receive cushy internship offers from some of the globally renowned organizations like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. NITs research work is not at the same level. With a spacious campus and state-of-the-art research labs, IIT Bhubaneswar provides good infrastructure. Past placement records from NITs indicate that the average pay package offered to the students (B.Tech) is somewhere between Rs 40,000 and 42,000 monthly. Whereas, the average CTC Offered at IIT Bhubaneswar was around 11.44 LPA. 39 LPA was the highest CTC. PSUs like ISRO, DRDO, IOCL, HPCL, ONGC visited the campus for recruitment. Other top recruiters were Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, L&T, Deloitte, Directi, Reliance Industries, IBM, Tesco, Samsung, Apple Inc, Adobe, Tata Steel, Tata Power, Trident Group, UnitedHealth Group, etc. A total of 89 companies visited the campus for placement drive. Although, variance among the salary packages depends on the ability of candidates and academic performances. All institutes have their pros and cons, so choose an institute based on which course you are interested in and how good is that specific course in that institute.

IIT Bhubaneswar ranks 17th in the engineering category by NIRF 2019. It is one of the newer IITs established in 2008. It has fully well-equipped kitchens, hostels, Sports grounds, entertainment rooms, etc. The hostels have internet, water coolers, ACs, etc. The Core engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar is good.

In the year 2019, the department witnessed 89% placement with an average salary package of 11 lakhs per annum, the highest being 39 lakhs per annum. Civil Engineering specializations include structural mechanics, structural analysis, structural dynamics, concrete technology, soil-structure interaction, earthquake engineering, and seismic design of structures.

Students graduating from this department can apply for jobs like Engineering Project Managers and Senior Civil Engineers. Other Civil Engineering jobs are CAD Technicians, Consulting Civil Engineers, Design Engineer, Site Engineer, Estimator, etc. their salary ranges from 5-8 lakhs per annum. 
 

IIT Bhubaneswar is transferred to its permanent campus sometimes back. Most of the laboratory facilities for the UnderGraduate (UG) Programme are efficiently equipped as well as fully functional by now. Every school has its own laboratories that they can access.

If we talk about the Sports facilities, they are yet in a developing stage which is rather disappointing for many of the students. Apart from these facilities, other functional facilities include a gym, volleyball court, basketball court, and badminton court (both in Mahanadi [B] and Subarnarekha [G] hostels). Although, there are also temporary grounds for football, cricket, and athletics. 

For all the non-functional facilities, the college is taking measures to make them functional soon so that the students can engage in extracurricular activities along with academics.

IIT Bhubaneswar has NSS as a part of extra academic activities with 100 volunteers. Being a part of NSS you can take part in Blood donation camps, awareness camps, cleaning campaigns, etc. Being a part of NSS means you can also volunteer to teach in Government schools located in nearby villages once in a week. If you are interested in becoming a part of the NSS it is completely your own choice which depends on the selection in NSS.

Apart from NSS, IIT Bhubaneswar offers many activities from sports, games, social and cultural events. The Students’ Activity Centre has indoor basketball, volleyball, and badminton courts along with a swimming pool. There are many societies in Students Gymkhana. Coding Society-Neuromancers; Astronomy Club-Nakshatra; Quiz Club. There are three Fests that are conducted every year, the socio-cultural fest - Alma Fiesta; the technical fest - Wissenaire; and the entrepreneurship fest - E-Summit. These fests give exposure to the students also providing a great learning experience.

SVNIT ranks 58th among the Engineering category in NIRF 2019 Rankings. SVNITs course fees are lesser than that of IIT Bhubaneswar. B.Tech in SVNIT is 1.2 lakhs a year whereas IIT Bhubaneswar charges 1.98 lakhs a year. 

SVNIT has a dedicated placement cell which shows excellent placement records. In the year 2017-18, 503 students were placed out of 739 from UG courses. In Postgraduate courses, 109 students were placed out of 227 students. An average salary package of 6 lakhs per annum and 5 lakhs per annum respectively were provided by reputed companies like HSBC, Microsoft, Bharat Petroleum, Vedanta, Tata, Samsung, etc.

IIT Bhubaneswar in the year 2018-19 has seen 89% of students placed in companies like Amazon, HP, Indian Oil, Jio, Adobe, Renault, Accenture, etc. The average salary package was 11 lakhs per annum. IIT Bhubaneswar also has collaborations with foreign universities like the University of Warwick, University of Southampton, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Western Ontario, University of New York, and McGill University.

In keeping all points in mind, IIT Bhubaneswar might be a better option for studying.
 

There are 23 IITs in India and the total number of seats for UG programs for these 23 IITs is 11279. Out of 23 IITs, 16 of them participated in the NIRF ranking.

As of 2019, the best IITs from India with their NIRF rankings in Engineering are as follows:

Mechanical engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar is one of the best branches to study. Last year in 2019, the placement in this branch from this institute was 85%. Apart from this, the institute also started dual degree programs in Mechanical engineering apart from the four-year Btech course.

The IIT Bhubaneswar has the best faculty in mechanical engineering with most of them being from IIT Kharagpur. From the very beginning of 1st year, the IIT Bhubaneswar provides an opportunity for the students to work on their projects by giving them access to DIC (Design Innovation Centre).

As IIT Bhubaneswar is a new IIT, it’s still developing in terms of infrastructure, faculty, etc. If you have the option to get admission in old IIT, BITS CS, or top tier NIT CS, then you should go for these. These institutes offer a better CSE program. But if you don’t have admission offers from any other college of this stature, then IIT Bhubaneswar will be better as it represents the IIT brand.       

There is a lack of infrastructure in terms of GPUs, supercomputers, etc. which are required for research works and academic projects. The department of CSE is called the school of electrical sciences and from 2017 they have come a long way. The faculty of this department is good and mostly all of them are doctorates.        

The placement at IIT Bhubaneswar is decent, with CSE scoring a perfect 100% in placing all the students considering it’s a new branch. The companies coming to campus are big brands like Deloitte, Capgemini, Amazon, Adobe, Goldman Sachs, OYO etc. as well as PSUs like ISRO, IOCL. The average package is 11.44 per annum for the year 2019.

Considering IIT Bhubaneswar with the colleges mentioned above, consider joining them. But if you have got offers that are not good then go for IIT Bhubaneswar cause the IIT brand will surely help you in the future.